A little break from the usual crafty, homemade goodness posts for something focused on my summer in the States and all the food I seek out when I am here. If you want to see all the places we visit as it happens for my American summer, follow me on Instagram or check out the #evinoktravels tag.

I try to visit home once a year to see my family, friends, and satiate my need for my favorite foods. It’s true, though Ireland is a wonderful home and Cork has some of the finest dining in the Republic, I miss the restaurants, ingredients, and home cooking I grew up on. I also long to visit the museums in the Smithsonian! This is my list of things to do and places to go while I am visiting Washington, D.C. this time around. I have been in DC and soon am going to Delaware, Seattle, North Carolina, and Philly, so I am just getting warmed up in enjoying my Washingtonian foods. Before I return to Cork there will be many many meals, why not make the most of them and share this expat American’s food wish list:

Things to DoWindow shop in historic Georgetown with a stop at Dean & Deluca
Visit the luxurious Peacock Room at the Freer Gallery of Art and lunch at the Jazz Cafe in the American History Museum
Outlet shopping in Hagerstown or Rehoboth with an Auntie Anne’s pretzel for fuel
Day trip to Philly with a cheesesteak, of courseMaryland Wool & Sheep Festival with my knitting friends and their lamb sandwiches and lemonade

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